My Sports Ojee delivers at Kabeberi 7s as Shujaa struggles
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KCB’s Jacob Ojee displays his medals after the Kabeberi Sevens finals, on Sunday. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]
Jacob Ojee put up a performance to remember over the weekend as he helped KCB to dethrone defending champions Mwamba and win Even with new coach Damian Mcgrath in charge, Shujaa are nowhere the Kabeberi Sevens title at RFEUA, on Sunday. near their best after losing 29-5 to Olympic champions Fiji and 38-14 to France in their Group A matches that saw them slip to the ChalOjee captained the bankers to glory as he finished the tournament lenge trophy despite their 19-14 final pool match win against Wales. with most tries; six. The bankers were unbeaten in the two-day event. Ojee tied with Keith Ombwaga of Kabras Sugar. Kenya’s poor show was further confirmed when they lost 26-14 to Scotland and 28-12 to Japan in the 9th Place Quarter Final and 13th “We had our heads held high and with the wins, we have demon- Place semifinals respectively. strated our character and lion’s mentality to go out there and hunt. It feels good to win again after last season’s Kenya cup disappointments Meanwhile, Shujaa have been pooled against Ireland, Argentina, and and now we hunt again in the second leg Christie Sevens,” said Ojee. South Africa in the London Sevens. In South Africa, national 15s side Kenya Simbas lost their fourth The Kenya Simbas winger also made the Kabeberi Sevens team of the Currie Cup match after going down 45-33 to Boland Cavaliers at the tournament alongside his teammate Bob Muhati, Menengai Oiler’s Boland Stadium. Austine Sikutwa and Strathmore Leos quartet of Branson Madigu, Stephen Osumba, Festus Shiasi and George Ooro. Kenya have now won one match and lost four. KCB’s Levi Amunga finished as the top points scorer with 39.
Simbas will meet SWD Eagles on Saturday at City Park Stadium, Athlone before heading back home.
Oilers finished with the bronze medal, Mwamba fifth, Kenya Harlequin Challenge Cup and Impala Saracens 13th place final winners. Kenya will make history next month when they host two Currie Cup Division One matches in Nairobi. Elsewhere, Kenya Sevens’ struggles at the World Sevens Rugby continued at Toulouse Sevens where they collected one point after regis- Simbas will take on Leopards on June 4 before meeting Eastern Provtering one win in their six matches played in France. ince Elephants on June 11 at RFUEA. Shujaa failed to proceed to the quarterfinals for the fifth time in a Kenya Simbas and Zimbabwe Goshawks are using the Currie Cup row. Since the beginning of the year, Kenya has not gone past the to prepare for the Africa Rugby qualifying tournament to the 2023 group stage after poor results in Malaga, Seville, Singapore, Vancou- Rugby World Cup. ver and now Toulouse.
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